Rusty Austin pursues an unusual hobby of writing and sending poems and bon mots on postcards to everyone in his contact list. He also posts the poems on Facebook. On reading all of this, his friends encouraged him to write a book, advice which he took to heart when he wrote "Beware The Grizzly Bear." He writes animal poetry picture books for kids and the occasional book for adults. All his books are available on Amazon as well as many other places where books are sold.